Ardea Investment Management appoints PM, Fixed Income Strategies
Fixed income specialist, Ardea Investment Management (Ardea), has announced the appointment of Gopi Karunakaran as portfolio manager, fixed income strategies, effective September 2017.
According to the firm, Karunakaran will focus on generating investment ideas and is responsible for leading the firm's retail funds expansion. He also has responsibility for evaluating and executing on business development opportunities in the retail funds sector.
Karunakaran has more than 15 years' experience in credit and relative value fixed income investing. Prior to joining Ardea, he spent four years in Singapore as a fixed income portfolio manager at Saka Capital. Before this he spent eight years as a portfolio manager and trader at Moore Capital, Tricadia Capital and Deutsche Bank in London. He began his career in 2001 as a credit analyst at Deutsche Bank in Sydney.
Ardea has also announced the appointment of Harry Singh, who is responsible for dealing and compliance.
Ardea principal and co-founder, Ben Alexander, welcomed both additions to the team and said they "would allow Ardea to continue delivering superior client outcomes as the business grows."
"Ardea's new appointments ensure that we are well resourced to extend our track record of actively managing defensive fixed income portfolios that exceed return targets, while prioritising liquidity and capital preservation."
